The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-11
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- 60 Roopos-~f aSou0 Ce0aey.
TIE undsesignsd, yoar sspssSsa sastves - he
ImmiRrsaioa Coaveatioa, bell iast we'd In
jacksonville, subaif shs ALLOWING sspsrs y he
cisizens Of the ooaay, shougA TO most a yos
the proceedlnss 81 ths Conveasion hass deuos-
lem already become known through tho pssss Of
thaa city:
We found there assembled from the four d.
vissous Of the 6sate-Wess, Middle, East and
South Fsorida-a very large body OF intelligent
Representatives, both of pessons and properly,
Ill serious, ard vogy mach u cafueN IN oeeslt
OF the obiecs which had brought them together;
all ooacsdiag thas The cusssut'of Immigrant ana
tourist travel, which had been for years steadily
flowing into Florida, had bcen 20 considerable
extent, diverted eassw hare, mainly 70 the Pa
ct6c coast, and all convinced Of tho importance.
not to say vital necessity. If Flsrida would con-
tinue TO prosper OF restoring that current 70 i's
old channels.
That something more might come OF this
meeting than the mere efervescence Of feelings
and expressions Of views, however harmooious,
1t was unanimously agreed to constitute apcr-
manent working board, under the name OF an
executive committee. the creature and repfesen-
tative Of the convention, composed Of one men,
her from each county, Afterwards increased by .
second member from Duval and then BY the i'd
dition Of four more-one from each division OF
the State, having tn headquarters ut Jackson
vile and its chairman residing there. II was,
add must be recognised that this committee,
however jealous, active and intelligent, can only
work effec,ually 10 The extent TO which they are
backed up, supported and sustained by the
counties which they represent, and whose agency
they, in fact, are They will ut an early day for
mulate plans for organization in the different
Counties, and through their secretary issue an
address to the people Of the whole State in advo-
cacy of the objects contemplated.
1t is far from our purpose TO anticipate or
forestall in any wise this action Of the executive
committee and their secretary, but rather to pre-
pare the way for It by something especially di
rected 70 our own people.
Hiibefto. perhaps, NO other county In Fleri-
da has dane itself % little justice when We con-
slider its great and manifold attractions and ad-
vantages, In efforts to bring in immgrants as our
own The past, OF course, cannot be recalled
and its omissions supplied. though something
may be done TO redeem it. But what we desire
10 say, with intense conviction of ito truth II that
there has been no time in the past when the cir.
cumstaDces were 90 favorable to the success oil
earnest endeavors in this direction as now The
hitherto exaggerated estimates in the minds Of
those lmmgrating to Florida, and contemplating
immigration to this State, of the profits and for
tunes speedily derivable from the cultivation of
oranges and kindred fruits. and the conviction
that assured success with these could only be
found much south Of US, closed their ears to any
thing which could have been said of the less ex-
citing but (as we thought better founded induce
ments held out by this county. The somewhat
exaggerated character of those estimates is now
pretty generally recognized and admitted. On
the other hand the proved success here, within
the last year or two, OF industries of great i'm.
pOrtance and profit, such as pear and grape cul-
ture, grass, hay and stock growing, with others
success which before was only matter Of con
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tablished fActs-theSe things, with the additional
facts of several projected new railroads to Tai
lahassee, all likely to reach US within from ten
months TO two years, all 60 to point out the pres
ent crisis and the near future as q time full OF
hope and encouragement to US, if our people will
only avail themselves of the conditions and op-
portunities spread out before them. We believe
that no exertions which they could have made in
the past, however wisely devised and energeti-
cally put forth, would have accomplished results
ut all comparable with those surely 10 follow
what we may now do in behalf Of the county in
which we have our homes and citizenship, and
which God and Nature have 50 greatly blessed
Through participation ia the plans laid out OF
suggested by the late Convention; through our
cooperation with and participation in the Sub
Tropical Exposition, the Florida Chautauquas,
and other agencies and enterprises, we can
while aiding and promoting the growth and
prosperity OF the whole State 10 which we should
feel deep interest, irrespective of section or
locality. secure results in and for eur county
never before realized or possible, and make it the
6t and unrvaled home Of the capital and per
manent abiding place of the seat Of government
OF great. growing and prosperous common
wealth
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. w. SAXON,
"A. RAwLA
GEORGE DAMON,
49, r. B. HILTON.